Recently a Beijing father sent in
a question at an Internet forum (論壇) asking what “PK”
meant.
“My family has been watching the ‘Super
Girl’ singing competition TV programme. My little
daughter asked me what ‘PK’
meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese
young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know
this term. In such Internet games, “PK”
is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the
other.
In the case of the “Super Girl” singing competition, “PK” was used to refer to the stage
where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up
in competition ranking (排名).
Like this father,
Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students’ compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult
to understand. A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write
compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet
jargons that she didn’t understand.
“My ‘GG’
came back this summer from college. He told me I’ve
grown up to be a ‘PLMM’.
I loved to ‘FB’
with him together; he always took me to the ‘KPM’,” went one composition.
“GG” means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for
brother). “PLMM”
refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). “FB” means Fu Bai (corruption). “KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.
Some specialists
welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language.
If you do not even
know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female) or a Qing
Wa (frog, referring to an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded
as a Cai Niao!
1. By writing the article, the writer tries to
________.
A. explain some Internet
language B. suggest common Internet language
C. laugh at the Beijing
father D. draw our
attention to Internet language
2.What does the writer think about the term “PK”?
A. Fathers can’t possibly know it. B. The
daughter should understand it.
C. Online game players may
know it. D. “Super Girl” shouldn’t have used it.
3. The examples of the Beijing father and the
Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons ________.
A. are used not only
online B. can
be understood very well
C. are welcomed by all the
people D. cause trouble to our mother
tongue
4.The underlined word “jargons” probably means ________.
A.
expressions B. phrases C.
letters D. spellings
5. What would be the best title for the
passage?
A. A puzzled
father
B. Do you speak Internet jargons?
C. Keep away from Internet
jargons D. Kong Long or Qing Wa?